Whonix base system miscellaneous files

This package contains several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/dpkg/origins/whonix, /usr/bin/whonix, and others.

Anonymized operating system user name user, /etc/hostname, /etc/hosts, /etc/machine-id, /var/lib/dbus/machine-id, which should be shared among all anonymity distributions. See also: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Hostnames#Anonymity_Distributions

Sets the WHONIX environment variable to 1 as well.

Ships marker files:

• /usr/share/whonix/marker
• /usr/share/anon-dist/marker

How to install whonix-base-files using apt-get

1. Download the APT Signing Key.

wget https://www.whonix.org/keys/derivative.asc

Users can check the Signing Key for better security.

2. Add the APT Signing Key.

sudo cp ~/derivative.asc /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc

3. Add the derivative repository.

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] https://deb.whonix.org trixie main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list

4. Update your package lists.

sudo apt-get update

5. Install whonix-base-files.

sudo apt-get install whonix-base-files

How to Build deb Package from Source Code

Can be build using standard Debian package build tools such as:

dpkg-buildpackage -b

See instructions.

NOTE: Replace generic-package with the actual name of this package whonix-base-files.

• A) easy, OR
• B) including verifying software signatures

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